Mulligatawny
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning. countable, uncountable
"At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the table."
- 2 a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base wordnet
Example
More examples"At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the table."
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).
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